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Local municipalities in Franklin and Hart Counties will all be sponsoring Halloween festivities this Friday to ensure children all have a safe and fun time trick or treating. A couple of fun activities are going on this weekend in Lavonia. First on Friday evening from 4p to 6p, is the third annual Halloween Carnival at the Gazebo downtown. Sponsored by […]

The Lavonia Housing will hold a specially called meeting at 5 PM, this evening at the Housing Authority office located at 13032 Jones St. Lavonia. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss and vote on the Authority’s conversion from the Public Housing Program to HUD Project Based Rental Assistance through the Rental assistance Demonstration Program.  

Just five days left now if you plan to vote early before next week’s mid-term General Election. Voting has been brisk for the past two weeks not only in Northeast Georgia, but also across the State. Secretary of State John Kemp reports that as of Friday evening, 335,127 ballots had been cast statewide.  Of that, 279,334 Georgians have chosen to […]

Georgia Department of Transportation workers continue pouring concrete today on the new SR17 overpass in Martin. Expect some delays on SR17 in Martin as crews continue pouring concrete today on the new SR17 overpass in Martin. Work began Friday and is expected to be done on one section of the span today. “The new northbound bridge will carry traffic over […]

The unemployment rate in the Georgia Mountains region in September was 6.2 percent, down seven-tenths of a percentage point from 6.9 percent in August. The rate in September of last year was 6.6 percent. The rate dropped because there were 2,305 fewer unemployed people in the Georgia Mountains area in September, according to the federal government’s monthly household survey, and […]